By:
Gene Perry
March 8, 2012 // Updated: October 17, 2012
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By:
Gene Perry
March 7, 2012 // Updated: May 2, 2019
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The tax cut plans being pushed by Oklahoma lawmakers contain plenty of bad ideas, but one may eclipse them all: Governor Fallin’s tax cliff.
The tax cliff is the result of a badly designed tax bracket structure. Very few other…
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Following a year of open defiance and several months of interim study, the Oklahoma Legislature now appears poised to take action on a major requirement of the new federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act. States are required by…
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Could doing away with Oklahoma’s income tax shift taxes not only onto low and middle–income families but also from urban areas to rural areas? Many programs, services, and incentives important for rural Oklahoma rely on our existing revenue structure and…
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By:
Kate Richey
March 2, 2012 // Updated: July 25, 2015
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What’s up this week at Oklahoma Policy Institute? The Weekly Wonk is dedicated to this week’s events, publications, and blog posts.
This week OK Policy explained the huge variety of critical public structures funded by Oklahoma’s income tax. We released…
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A new study of state tax costs on business from the Tax Foundation ranks Oklahoma fifth best in the nation for new firms and 16th best for mature firms. Among states in the region, Oklahoma ranked second lowest in business…
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